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	Cyclothymia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cyclothymia is a chronic bipolar disorder that consists of short periods of mild depression alternating with short periods of hypomania.
		Cyclothymia appears to have a significant genetic contribution, which has been shown by a range of twin studies involving dizygotic and monozygotic twins.
		Mood stabilisers are frequently prescribed to treat cyclothymia, although sufferers may choose to remain untreated, or to undergo supportive psychotherapy alone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyclothymia (714 words)

	Readings on Cyclothymia.
		The role of cyclothymia in atypical depression: toward a data-based reconceptualization of the borderline-bipolar II connection.
		Cyclothymia is characterized by pronounced but not debilitating shifts of moods often lasting approximately two to nine weeks.
		Cyclothymia was studied in 129 patients aged over 60 in the gerontology unit of an outpatient clinic in Moscow.
	www.psycom.net /readings.cyclothymia.html (8430 words)

	BPhoenix: Information on Cyclothymia and Bipolar Disorder
		Cyclothymia is a chronic form of bipolar disorder consisting of short periods of mild depression and hypomania separated by short periods of normal mood.
		Cyclothymia is equally common in men and women and is believed to affect 0.5 to 1 percent of the population.
		The causes of cyclothymia are believed to be the same as those responsible for bipolar disorder.
	www.angelfire.com /home/bphoenix1/cyclo.html (598 words)

	Mood Swings Control :: Cyclothymia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Cyclothymia, or cyclothymic disorder, is a type of mood disorder where people experience many periods of mood "highs" and "lows" that are unrelated to life situations.
		Although the exact cause of cyclothymia is unknown, it may result from the same genetic factors that cause bipolar disorder.
		Cyclothymia will be difficult to diagnose if a person’s mood instability has not been recognized and tracked over a period of time.
	www.moodswingscontrol.com /cyclothymia.aspx (644 words)

	Psychology Today's Diagnosis Dictionary: Cyclothymia
		Cyclothymia is a mild form of bipolar disorder, characterized by alternating episodes of mood swings from mild or moderate depression to hypomania.
		Longitudinal follow-up studies indicate that the risk of bipolar disorder developing in patients with cyclothymia is about 33 percent; although 33 times greater than that for the general population, this rate of risk is still too low to justify viewing cyclothymia as merely an early manifestation of bipolar type I disorder.
		To understand the causes of cyclothymia, it may be useful to explore the causes of bipolar disorder.
	www.psychologytoday.com /conditions/cyclothemia.html (1402 words)

	SGM MENTAL HEALTH: CYCLOTHYMIA
		Cyclothymia is an illness which usually first appears in the teens or early adulthood.
		Cyclothymia is characterized by mood swings from mania to depression.
		In order to be diagnosed with cyclothymia, the patient must experience hypomanic and depressive symptoms alternately for a minimum of 2 years.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/1648/sgmmhcyclothymia.html (481 words)

	Trillian's Cyclothymia Page
		Results in family studies support the idea that at least a fraction of "cyclothymia" is a mild or subclinical form of bipolar disorders.
		Cyclothymia is similar to bipolar disorder since it is characterized by mood swings from mania to depression.
		For cyclothymia to be diagnosed, hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms must be present alternately for at least two years.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/psychology/781/cyclothymia.htm (599 words)

	Cyclothymia - Features and symptoms of the so-called milder side of bipolar disorder
		Though the above description portrays cyclothymia as a mild disorder, it is so only relative to the severity of Bipolar I and Bipolar II disorders.
		Eventually approx 30 percent of individuals with cyclothymia experience a full-blown manic episode or major depression, and their diagnosis is changed to Bipolar I or II.
		I have just been diagnosed with Cyclothymia, and I must say, it was a bit of a relief to realize that I was just not a "loser" or "drama king" as I have been called by many.
	www.mcmanweb.com /article-93.htm (2292 words)

	Cyclothymia: Through the Patients Eyes
		Of course, in all circumstances you should use your expertise and your knowledge of the individuals you are speaking with to tailor your explanation of the illness to your audience.
		It is extremely important for family members and friends of these individuals to understand the severity of Cyclothymia, and encourage their relative to seek and maintain a treatment schedule.
		First, an individual at the beginning stages of Cyclothymia may shift from hypomania to depression or vice versa due to external triggers, but as the disease develops their brain will be more susceptible to changes in mood even without outside stimulus.
	www.corexcel.com /courses3/body.cyclothymia.page4.htm (2808 words)

	THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 15, Ch. 189, Mood Disorders
		Patients should be taught how to live with the extremes of their temperamental inclinations, although living with cyclothymic disorder is not easy because of the resulting stormy interpersonal relations.
		Patients with artistic inclinations should be encouraged to pursue such careers because the excesses and fragility of cyclothymia are better tolerated in such circles.
		The decision to use a mood stabilizer depends on the balance between the functional impairment produced by unpredictable mood swings and the social benefits or creative spurts the patient may receive from hypomanic swings.
	www.merck.com /mrkshared/mmanual/section15/chapter189/189e.jsp (310 words)

	Cyclothymia: Through the Patients Eyes
		That may sound simple, but because many people who have Cyclothymia enjoy their hypomanias, or consider their hypomanic state to be "normal," these individuals are often resistant to suggestions of treatment.
		Cohen suggests that if you suspect Cyclothymia in an individual who is not willing to attempt treatment you should try to explain the disorder and the reasons why you suspect that they might have it.
		Will, and many other Cyclothymia patients, say that this mood diary has helped them to understand and control their mood swings, separating his irrational thoughts from his rational ones.
	www.corexcel.com /courses3/body.cyclothymia.page3.htm (2369 words)

	Yet More Cyclothymia Posts
		I was diagnosed with cyclothymia a few years ago but didn't think about it much as I was dealing with depression at that point.
		Some people with bipolar or cyclothymia can take just an antidepressant, but this is a matter that needs to be discussed carefully with one's psychiatrist.
		Cyclothymia must be a new medical term used for less severe cases of bipolar because his last four doctors have labeled him Bipolar.
	www.mcmanweb.com /cycl_posts_II.htm (6652 words)

	Re: social phobia and cyclothymia
		Beware that cyclothymia has been re-classified as a personality disorder instead of a mood disorder and you might easily be viewed as not responsible for your actions and a candidate for a back ward.
		Meanwhile the cyclothymic is ravenously hungry because his/her problem lies in another part of the limbic system and the similarities between the two disorders is merely a long-standing misconception created by the medical profession because they decline to listen to what people tell them about how they experience what is superficially the same to observers.
		Cyclothymia just doesn't exist as anything other than a lable - the lable can be useful when negotiating with beaurocracies that want to classify you, but use it for your own advantage not theirs.
	www.rxlist.com /rxboard/neurontin.pl?read=607 (637 words)

	Cyclothymia
		My wife has had cyclothymia since she was 18 and has been stabilized for many years on medication.
		Women with cyclothymia are at particularly high risk for mania in the first three months after the baby is born.
		Your daughter may be experiencing the early symptoms of cyclothymia or the onset of a more serious bipolar disorder.
	www.magellanassist.com /mem/library?TopicId=69&CategoryId=3 (722 words)

	Cyclothymia
		People who have cyclothymia (sigh-clo-thigh-mee-uh), or cyclothymic disorder, tend to cycle regularly and frequently between emotional highs and lows.
		Cyclothymia may affect as much as one percent of the population.
		The prognosis is good for those who stabilize their chemical imbalance with medication and who work through associated issues in therapy.
	www.magellanassist.com /mem/library?TopicId=69 (242 words)

	Cyclothymia Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Some researchers have theorized that cyclothymia is common among creative and high-achieving people, with the idea being that cyclothymics come up with new ideas during their brief high periods, and then grind doggedly through the work necessary to achieve that new idea during their lengthy low periods.
		Historically, cyclothymia has been associated with various ethnic groups, including the Scots.
		You are free to copy & use this article under the terms of the license.
	www.girlshrink.com /articles/article/2326775/31633.htm (245 words)

	Cyclothymic Disorder
		The mood instability - mild elation or mild depression - is related to bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression), and is in fact considered to be a milder form of bipolar disorder.
		Mood "highs" in cyclothymia are similar to hypomania but do not fulfill complete hypomania criteria (i.e., in cyclothymia the duration of the "high" is less than the four-day minimum for hypomania and/or there is less than the three associated mental or physical symptoms required for a diagnosis of hypomania).
		Likewise the mood "lows" in cyclothymia are similar to major depression but do not fulfill full major depression criterion (i.e., in cyclothymia the duration of the depression is less than the two-week minimum required for major depression and/or there is less than the associated minimum of five mental or physical symptoms found in major depression).
	www.medbroadcast.com /condition_info_details.asp?disease_id=271&dowhat=accept_disclaimer (490 words)

	Cyclothymia - Depression symptoms, causes, and treatments including clinical and manic depression.
		Cyclothymia is a depressive disorder similar to bipolar disorder in which it is characterized by mood swings from mania to depression.
		For the duration of at least 2 years (1 year for children and adolescents), the individual exhibits presence of numerous periods with hypomanic symptoms and numerous periods with depressive symptoms that do not meet criteria for a major depressive episode.
		In order to understand the causes of cyclothymia, it may be useful to explore the causes of bipolar disorder.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=38071&page=2 (642 words)

	Cyclothymia Symptoms
		This section describes the symptoms of cyclothymia, or Cyclothymic Disorder, employed by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
		Special note on counselling and cyclothymia: Although it is sometimes thought that cyclic mood disorders are treated solely through psychopharmacological means (i.e., with medication), in fact counselling and psychotherapy play an important and sometimes indispensable part in helping clients living with these disorders.
		Referring to bipolar disorder, Dr Deborah Spitz writes in a recent Medscape column that psychotherapy is "a necessary and invaluable adjunctive treatment" and notes that medication alone cannot help clients to accept the disorder or learn preventative and coping strategies.
	counsellingresource.com /distress/mood-disorders/cyclothymic-symptoms.html (700 words)

	All About Depression: Diagnosis: Cyclothymia
		Cyclothymia appears to affect equal numbers of men and women.
		It typically begins when a person is an adolescent or young adult and the condition tends to be chronic.
		There is a risk of 15%-50% that a person with cyclothymia will eventually develop bipolar disorder.
	www.allaboutdepression.com /dia_06.html (258 words)

	A Sudden Shift in Moods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Like bipolar disorder, cyclothymia has high and low phases, though the highs are not as high and the lows not as low.
		While cyclothymia's mood changes can be abrupt and unpredictable, they are not as severe as in the more serious forms of the disease, which are known as Bipolar I and Bipolar II.
		The main difference between cyclothymia and Bipolar I is in the severity of mania, and the difference between cyclothymia and bipolar II in the severity of depressive symptoms.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/17/AR2005121700892.html (611 words)

	Schizophrenia or Cyclothymia -- New Book Mixes Fact and Fiction to Explore Mental Illness : ArriveNet Press Releases : ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In a unique new novel, Schizophrenia or Cyclothymia: Difficulties of the Life (now available through AuthorHouse), author Assaa'd Hanna mixes fiction with scientific and psychological research to explore the depths of one man's mental illness.
		Schizophrenia or Cyclothymia examines the life and familial history of Nabil, a Syrian man struggling to discover the origin of the mental illness that plagues him.
		A truly unique and interesting novel, Schizophrenia or Cyclothymia descends into the depths of a man's madness and emerges with enlightenment.
	press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/526868.html (503 words)

	Cyclothymia? - MotheringDotCommune Forums
		I was informally diagnosed with cyclothymia while I was in the nuthouse after my suicide attempt.
		And yes, cyclothymia is on the Bipolar Disorder spectrum.
		It runs in families; someone with cyclothymia is more likely to have BPI or II relatives, including they can "pass it on" to their children (fortunately, we can also "pass on" how to live with it well
	www.mothering.com /discussions/showthread.php?t=259561 (3277 words)

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